This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
This hors-d'oeuvre is almost equivalent to the Jannette except that the shape of the Duchesses is that of little choux, about the size of a pigeon's egg, and that, as a rule, they are merely glazed with some melted jelly, and not covered with a chaud-froid sauce. Sprinkle them with chopped pistachios, and serve very cold on ornamented fish-papers.
 
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